Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Gender and Development research group is concerned with social change, specifically the social and gendered dimensions of poverty reduction, inequality and social injustice.
We conduct original theoretical work on gender and development epistemologies, covering relational and subjective approaches to well-being, intra-household relations, inter-generational relationships and shifts in subjective notions of well-being, plus examining linkages between gendered social relations, reproductive rights and wellbeing. There are also several overlapping sub-themes, which comprise land, health, education, ageing, governance and corruption. Apart from research, we have been active in engaging with policy, on the one hand, and training and capacity-building.
Recent research has seen very exciting interdisciplinary theoretical and methodological innovation. Anthropologists and economists have developed innovative research in Uganda using experimental games combined with survey and ethnography, to test underlying assumptions of intra-household models and Sen's theory of cooperative conflicts. This has been extended to research on gendered fairness norms using experimental economics and ethnography in four developing countries.
We are also conducting work on land use and rights that methodologically combines historical, ethnographic, participatory and quantitative studies. Other projects on land have similarly used a combination of methodologies. Policy-oriented analyses of gendered vulnerability and exclusion represent another dimension of our work, while we are also recognised for work on gendered vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS and the gendered impacts of its treatment.
Inter-school networking, such as between DEV and the School of Education and Lifelong Learning (EDU), has further strengthened our expertise in research, policy and capacity building on Gender, Women's Empowerment, and Education. The different aspects of DEV's work on gender and development are also reflected in our recent publications.
Network
Profiles
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Sheila Aikman
- School of International Development - External Research Associate
- Gender and Development - Member
- Literacy and Development Group - Member
Person: Other related - academic, Research Group Member
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Laura Camfield
- School of International Development - Professor of Development Research and Evaluation
- Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research - Member
- Gender and Development - Member
- Impact Evaluation - Member
- Life Course, Migration and Wellbeing - Member
- ClimateUEA - Member
Person: Member, Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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Ben D'Exelle
- School of Economics - Professor of Economics
- School of International Development - Professor of Economics
- Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Science - Member
- Behavioural Economics - Member
- Environment, Resources and Conflict - Member
- Gender and Development - Member
- Impact Evaluation - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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BBSRC Institute Strategic Programme: Delivering Sustainable Wheat (DSW)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
1/04/23 → 31/03/28
Project: Research
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Don’t Look Up! Individual income comparisons and subjective well-being of students in Thailand
Dufhues, T., Möllers, J., Jantsch, A., Buchenrieder, G. & Camfield, L., Feb 2023, In: Journal of Happiness Studies. 24, 2, p. 477–503 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effort and Social Comparison: Experimental Evidence from Uganda
D'Exelle, B., Habraken, R. & Verschoor, A., 29 Mar 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Economic Development and Cultural Change.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gender inclusivity of India’s digital financial revolution for attainment of SDGs: Macro achievements and the micro experiences of targeted initiatives
Duvendack, M., Sonne, L. & Garikipati, S., 25 Apr 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Journal of Development Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prizes
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British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship
Jones, Ben (Recipient), 21 Mar 2018
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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SENSS ESRC +3.5 Award.
Jarvis, Lee (Recipient) & Camfield, Laura (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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Global Food Security (Journal)
Nitya Rao (Guest editor)
1 Dec 2022 → 31 Jul 2023Activity: Editorial work › Publication editorial role
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Scientific Advisory Committee, United Nations Food Systems Coordination Hub (External organisation)
Nitya Rao (Member)
12 Oct 2022 → …Activity: Membership › Public/government panel or group
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EAT-Lancet Commission 2.0 (External organisation)
Nitya Rao (Member)
15 Apr 2022 → 15 Jun 2025Activity: Membership › Committee
Press/Media
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Article on food crisis confronting single women in Afghanistan
6/06/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Interview around climate change and its impacts on violence against women
7/01/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media